NFL’s Vikings Use Transparent OLEDs To Tell History Of Team Uniforms December 23, 2016 by Super User There were lots of “Ooohs” and “Aaaahs” when Planar started showing its transparent OLED displays about a year ago, but also some less enthused “Ohs” when it became apparent a 55-inch screen cost $15,000. So the question has begged since then – are many end-users buying the things? Answer – yes. There probably hasn’t been …
Giada Announces Teeny New 4K-Ready Digital Signage Player Based On Intel Apollo Lake December 23, 2016 by Super User Shenzhen-based PC manufacturer Giada has announced a new fanless and energy-efficient mini PC aimed squarely at the digital signage market. The Giada F105D uses Intel’s latest generation Apollo Lake processors and has a built-in Intel HD graphics graphics processor that allows up to 4k on two displays at the same time, the company says. It uses six watts of power. The …
Superdry’s Berlin Flagship Tries On Gesture-based Virtual Dressing Room December 23, 2016 by Super User Via Retail Design Blog https://vimeo.com/195329834 I have mixed feelings about an interactive virtual dressing room-ish display set up at the new Berlin flagship store of apparel retailer Superdry. Put together by London-based SeymourPowell, it’s touted as an interactive “smart mirror” but the display is not a mirror and doesn’t use mirror glass … so, umm, it’s not. …
Watch Moment Factory’s 3D-like Experiential Video Wall At Microsoft’s NYC Flagship December 22, 2016 by Super User Even digital signage nerds miss industry stuff right in front of their eyes. When I was in New York a few weeks ago, I finally had a chance to see the flashy Microsoft store on 5th Avenue, at 53rd, just down from Trump Tower. I was immediately looking inside at the visually dominant back video …
Here’s A Pair Of Amazing LED Curtain Ceilings In Chinese Shopping Malls December 22, 2016 by Super User I’m not quite sure what all these projects are about, or where they are located (other than China), but they look very nice. These are shots supplied by the Shenzhen-based LED manufacture Gtek. While it undoubtedly invests a lot in R&D, they company could stand to invest a couple of bucks in a competent translator – as …
Enough With The Tired, Overused, Stupid Marketing Lines December 21, 2016 by Luis Villafane Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler Digital Signage I just got really upset. I bought a “classic” pinball machine for the office. It’s one of those machines with no electronic boards at all, where everything is mechanic. Easy to hack, easy to modify and very easy to fix. A joy. I used to be great playing …
Will There Be A Pantenna Under The Tree For You? December 20, 2016 by Super User This deserves a big audience – the annual festive season video from the folks at signage solutions provider Telecine in Montreal, sent out this afternoon in an email blast. Your host is Telecine owner James Fine. Very well done!
NCR Sales Rep Probably Dancing After Bagging Bojangles Rollout December 20, 2016 by Super User The big POS company NCR, which now calls itself a leader in omni-channel solutions, has bagged a deal to provide the digital signage solution for the Southern US-centric fast food chain Bojangles. The chain will use NCR Vitalcast at its company-owned stores, which makes up more than 40% of the total stores in the roughly 700-unit Bojangles …
Future Interfaces Lab Pairs Phones To Big Touch Displays Using Just The Phone Camera December 20, 2016 by Super User Finding a seamless link between digital signage/interactive displays and smartphones has so far been something of a bridge too far – the problems being a need for certain technologies to be included or installed on the phone. A new system from the Future Interfaces Group research lab at Carnegie Mellon University takes a run at the challenge, …
This Giant Digital Board Slides On Tracks At Singapore’s Changi Airport December 19, 2016 by Super User The Singapore office of JC Decaux has switched on an impressive digital landmark ad displays at Changi Airport, which routinely wins awards as the best airport on the planet. It’s a very large 4.8mm pixel LED board, which would be a bit of a “yeah, so?” situation if it wasn’t on tracks and sliding back …
